Spatiotemporal variation in biomass abundance of different algal species in Lake Hulun using machine learning and Sentinel-3 images by Zhaojiang Yan, Chong Fang, Kaishan Song, Xiangyu Wang, Zhidan Wen, Yingxin Shang, Hui Tao, Yunfeng Lyu

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La « Montagne raciale » : et après ? Parcours identitaires dans deux romans ghanéens contemporains by Marie-Jeanne Gauffre

“…Echoes of his plea have long been found in West African literary works concerned with restoring a positive image of the black self, but other "mountains" to be conquered have more recently come into view, especially in women’s writings. …”
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Melanonychia by Julie Jefferson, Phoebe Rich

“…Melanonychia, or melanin-derived brown-to-black nail pigmentation, is a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. …”
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An Interior Solution for the Kerr Metric: A Novel Approach by Yu-Ching Chou

“…Our findings reveal anisotropic fluid properties and energy condition behaviors in specific space-time regions, providing insights into the strong-field regime of rotating black holes. The proposed solution offers a more realistic description of rotating black hole interiors, with implications for understanding compact astrophysical objects.…”
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As quitandadeiras de Minas Gerais: memórias brancas e memórias negras by Javier Alejandro Lifschitz, Juliana Bonomo

“…In this article, we analyze narratives of memory about homemade pastries (quitandas) and the women who make them (quitandeiras) in the state of Minas Gerais, in three historical moments: as practices of African origin, which during the eighteenth and nineteenth century was reproduced in the colonies by black slave women selling food on the streets, carrying their trays; as practices of Portuguese origin, held within farms domestic black slaves under the supervision of white mistresses of Portuguese origin and, finally, as current policy of cultural heritage. …”
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Complexity geometry and Schwarzian dynamics by Henry W. Lin, Leonard Susskind

“…In many setups, this “Schwarzian” variable can be interpreted as the extremal volume of the dual black hole, and the resulting dynamics is simply that of a 1D Newtonian particle in an exponential potential. …”
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W.E.B Du Bois and the Place of African American Youth in Histories of Environmental Thought. by Katie Taylor

“…I finish by offering a case study of my research on the children’s magazine of W.E.B Du Bois, The Brownies’ Book and its representations of Black children’s relationships to the outdoors and nature.…”
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Reading Isaiah 58 in conversation with I.J. Mosala: an African liberationist approach by N. Mtshiselwa

“… This paper sets out to draw on, and simultaneously depart from Mosala’s Black biblical hermeneutic of liberation in order to navigate liberating possibilities that Isaiah 58 could offer to the oppressed Black people in Southern Africa. …”
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Accounting for racial bias and social determinants of health in a model of hypertension control by Yang Hu, Nicholas Cordella, Rebecca G. Mishuris, Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis

“…To mitigate model bias and elucidate differences in predictive variables, two separate models were trained for Black and White patients. Black patients face a 4.7 $$\times$$ × higher False Positive Rate (FPR) and a 0.58 $$\times$$ × lower False Negative Rate (FNR) compared to White patients. …”
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Ultrastructural studies distinguish skin diversities among Galápagos iguanas by Manuel Scimeca, Rita Bonfiglio, Giuliano Colosimo, Eleonora Candi, Glenn P. Gerber, Gregory A. Lewbart, Alessandro Mauriello, Gerry Melino, Christian Sevilla, Yufang Shi, Ying Wang, Gabriele Gentile

“…Morphometric evaluations highlighted interspecific differences in the stratum corneum thickness, particularly between black- and non-black-colored (irrespectively if yellowish or pink) skin. …”
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Dynamic Analysis of <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> in Yellow River Delta Based on U-Net Model and Zhuhai-1 Satellite by Huiying Li, Guoli Cui, Haojie Liu, Qi Wang, Sheng Zhao, Xiao Huang, Rong Zhang, Mingming Jia, Dehua Mao, Hao Yu, Zongming Wang, Zhiyong Lv

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A new species of parrot snake, Leptophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Brazilian Cerrado by Nelson R. Albuquerque, Roullien H. Martins, Priscila S. Carvalho, Donald B. Shepard, Diego J. Santana

“…., differs from all other congeners in the following unique character combination: two Spectrum Green (129) to Light Parrot Green (133) dorsolateral stripes separated by a Buff (5) vertebral stripe, usually continuous onto the tail; loreal scale absent; postocular stripe Jet Black (300), wide and long (up 11 scales long onto nuchal region); maxillary teeth 21–25; ventrals 158–173; subcaudals 141–164; black spots on head absent; supracephalic plates of head not edged with black pigment; adult color pattern lacking dark oblique bands; keels absent on first dorsal scale rows; hemipenis unilobed, noncapitate, with undivided sulcus spermaticus, and first row of hemipenial body with four spines. …”
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Persistently High Hip Circumference after Bariatric Surgery Is a Major Hurdle to Successful Hip Replacement by Menachem M. Meller, Amber B. Courville, Anne E. Sumner

“…The prevalence of class III obesity (BMI≥40 kg/m2) in black women is 18%. As class III obesity leads to hip joint deterioration, black women frequently present for orthopedic care. …”
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Spectroscopic Analysis for Harnessing the Quality and Potential of Gemstones for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) by Imtiaz Ahmad, Suhail H. Serbaya, Ali Rizwan, Malik Sajjad Mehmood

“…In this regard, four natural gemstones Quartz, Pyrope-Almandine Garnet, Black tourmaline, and Amethyst brought from Hunza valley Pakistan were analyzed by state-of-the-art spectroscopic techniques including EDX, UV-VIS, and FTIR spectroscopy. …”
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Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Berry Seeds: Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity by Graziele Gustinelli, Lovisa Eliasson, Cecilia Svelander, Thomas Andlid, Leif Lundin, Lilia Ahrné, Marie Alminger

“…The influence of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and solvent extraction of oils from cloudberry, bilberry, and black currant seeds on the yield, chemical properties, and recovery of antioxidant compounds was investigated. …”
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The Equator Project Research School and Mentoring Network: Evaluated Interventions to Improve Equity in Geoscience Research by Natasha Dowey, Anya Lawrence, Munira Raji, Christopher Jackson, Rebecca Williams, Ben Fernando, Sam Giles, Jenni Barclay, Louisa Brotherson, Ethny Childs, Jacqueline Houghton, Anjana Khatwa, Keely Mills, George Jameson, Francisca Rockey, Steven Rogers, Catherine Souch

“…The Equator project set out to increase participation and retention of UK-domiciled Black, Asian and minority ethnic students in GEES research by developing evidence-based, ring-fenced, fully remunerated interventions. …”
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